Tana Closes on $25 Million to Advance Human-AI Collaboration

Tana, an AI-native workspace platform, has completed a $14 million Series A funding round led by Tola Capital, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Northzone, Alliance VC, and firstminute capital.

Tana is a workspace platform – an AI-backed digital tool where people can manage their work in one place. Tana technology helps organize tasks, notes, documents, and projects so teams or individuals can collaborate more easily. Tana uses artificial intelligence (AI) to make this process smarter and faster.

Tana’s main features include a knowledge graph that organizes information like the human brain, note-taking tools that turn raw notes and voice recordings into clear data, and AI assistants that automate repetitive tasks. Tana is used by professionals and businesses looking to manage information better and save time on manual tasks.

During Tana’s stealth phase, the technology amassed a waitlist exceeding 160,000 users, including representatives from over 80% of Fortune 500 companies. Over 30,000 individuals have tested the platform, and more than 24,000 active members, known as “Tanarians,” engage within the company’s Slack community.

“I’ve loved being an early adopter of Tana and I’m a believer in the team’s incredible vision to revolutionize knowledge work for high-speed organizations. They’ve built one of the most impressive AI agents I’ve ever seen and infused it into every part of the product,” said Nnamdi Iregbulem, a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.

“The computer was supposed to be the bicycle for the mind. Instead, we got a hamster wheel resulting in loads of work about work,” said Mr. Vassbotn. “With AI we can solve this, but only if we approach knowledge work in a fundamentally different way. Plugging AI into our current fragmented ecosystem of tools will create an even bigger mess.”

“This team’s obsession with transforming productivity for our AI-native world sets them apart. They deeply understand that the future of work will be dynamic and personalized, and their voice-first product represents a bold vision for reshaping how teams collaborate globally,” said Sheila Gulati, the founder and managing director of Tola Capital.

Tana was founded in 2021 by Tarjei Vassbotn, Olav Kriken, and Grim Iversen, and is headquartered in London. Early backers of Tana include Lars Rasmussen, founder of Google Maps and former Google Wave CEO, alongside angel investors such as Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox co-founder), Siqi Chen (Runway founder), Olivier Pomel (Datadog founder), and Holly Branson (Virgin).

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Seattle, Tola Capital invests in enterprise software companies, focusing on data, AI, and cloud technology. Tola Capital has raised three funds totaling $670 million and supports companies from early-stage growth through exit.

Menlo Park-headquartered Lightspeed invests across enterprise, consumer, health, and fintech sectors. The firm has $25 billion in assets under management.